Royal Navy boarding actions stranger than fiction

Which events in Royal Navy history would seem too fantastical in a novel?

Some boarding actions, including one in which a midshipman entered through a gunport and fought his way to the main deck, are stranger than fiction.

Royal Navy boarding actions and diplomacy provide real events that would seem implausible in fiction. One example involves ships coming together and a young midshipman leading men through a gunport. The party then fights upward through the enemy vessel to reach the main deck. The episode conveys the confusion, initiative, and extreme close quarters that made boarding narratives difficult to fictionalize without appearing exaggerated.